He has already landed in Miami, Atlanta, Santiago, Montreal and even Lima.

At the time of publication of these lines, it was even approaching New Delhi, at nearly 1,000 km / h.

In service since this summer, Air France's eleventh new Airbus A350-900 carries “Cannes” wherever it goes.

The company, which is renewing its fleet with this model "consuming 25% less fuel than previous generation planes", chose the City of Festivals to baptize this aircraft registered F-HTYJ.

A partnership that the destination intends to take advantage of at a time when certain countries are reopening their borders and when the city is restarting its Palais des Festivals and its conferences, the economic engine of the second largest city in the Alpes-Maritimes.

"Strengthen the visibility of our destination"

"This marking in capitals on the front fuselage of this long-haul is a major asset for promoting the visibility of the city," says the municipality.

"Faced with stiff international competition, this natural agreement with Air France will strengthen the visibility of our destination", agrees the LR mayor of Cannes David Lisnard.

A new mobile storefront, but at what cost? “This operation does not cost anything in Cannes, specifies the city at

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. It's a free partnership ”. And this is not a first for Air France, which has decided “since 2019 and the delivery of the first Airbus A350, to reconnect with its legendary tradition of naming its planes after French cities”. But Cannes intends to take advantage of it.

In terms of communication too.

The city is also delighted to "give its name to an aircraft more respectful of the environment, in terms of kerosene consumption and noise pollution".

Leaving the assembly lines of Airbus in Toulouse, the A350-900 generates a noise footprint "reduced by 40%", according to her.

And this baptism "is part of the continuity of David Lisnard's commitment since 2014 for the environmental cause, the protection of biodiversity and the planet", she boasts.

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